About Coach C.Vivian Stringer
Head Coach of the Rutgers University
Women’s Basketball Team
The Scarlet Knights
Biography
With nothing more than true grit, hard work, and a dream, this coalminer's daughter became one of
the winningest and most beloved coaches in basketball, and has shown countless young women that
the impossible is possible. Now she lifts us up with her extraordinary life story.
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Career Highlights
• Third all-time winningest coach in Women’s Basketball, second among active coaches
• First coach, men’s or women’s, to lead three different programs to the NCAA Tournament Final Four
• 2001 inductee into the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame
• Named one of the 101 Most Influential Minorities in Sports by Sports Illustrated in 2003
• Named one of the 100 Most Influential Sports Educators in America in 2007
• Assistant coach for the 2004 gold-medal winning U.S. Olympic Team
• Second fastest coach in WBB history to reach 400 wins
• Fourth fastest coach in WBB history to reach 200 wins
• Third women’s coach to win 750 games
• Appearances in 20 of 26 NCAA Tournaments, including nine of the last 10 years
• Three-time national coach of the year
• Third women’s coach to win 800 games